题目内容
In choosing a friend, one should be very careful. A good friend can help you study. You can have fun together and make each other happy. Sometimes you will meet fair weather friends. They will be with you as long as you have money or luck, but when you are down, they will run away. How do I know when I have found a good friend? I look for certain qualities of character, especially understanding, honesty and reliability(可靠).
Above all else, I look for understanding in a friend. A good friend tries to understand how another person is feeling. He is not quick to judge. Instead, he tries to learn from others. He puts himself in the other person’s place, and he tries to think of ways to be helpful. He is also a good listener.
At the same time, however, a good friend is honest. He does not look for faults(过错) in others. He notices their good points. In short, a friend will try to understand me and accept me.
Another quality of a friend is reliability. I can always depend on a good friend. If he tells me he will meet me somewhere at a certain time, I can be sure that he will be there. If I need a favour, he will do his best to help me. If I am in trouble, he will not run away from me.
There is a fourth quality that makes a friend special. A special friend is someone with whom we can have fun. We would enjoy our lives, and we would enjoy our friendship. That is why I especially like friends who are fun to be with. A good friend likes the same things I like. We share experience and learn from each other. A good friend has a good sense of humour(幽默), too. He likes to laugh with me. That is how we share in the joy of being friends. And I know that he is looking for the same quality in me.
When I meet someone who is reliable, honest, and understanding, I know I’ve found a friend!
1.According to the author, the most important quality in choosing a friend is .
A. understanding B. honesty
C. reliability D. a sense of humour
2.If you have fair weather friends, .
A. they will give you all that they have when you need help
B. you will be refused when you get into trouble
C. you will become rich
D. you can be sure that you get real friends
3.Good friends need to .
A. always point out each other’s mistakes
B. be helped with money
C. understand each other’s feelings
D. have money or luck
4.This passage mainly discusses .
A. the qualities of a friend
B. where to choose friends
C. how to get along with friends
D. the importance of having a friend
5.What’s the best title of the passage?
A. How to choose a friend? B. My best friend
C. A good friend in my mind D. Four qualities of a good friend
1.A
2.B
3.C
4.A
5.D
【解析】
试题分析：我们应该谨慎交友。一个好朋友能帮你学习，给你带来快乐，但是一个坏朋友也许会给你带来伤害。作者介绍了几项他认为好朋友所具有的品质。
1.Above all else, I look for understanding in a friend.”可知，善解人意、真诚和可靠这三方面，作者做看重的是善解人意，故选A。
2.Sometimes you will meet fair weather friends. They will be with you as long as you have money or luck, but when you are down, they will run away.”可知，fair weather friends指的是酒肉朋友，当你没钱或陷入麻烦时，他们就会离你而去，故选B。
3.A good friend tries to understand how another person is feeling. He is not quick to judge. Instead, he tries to learn from others. He puts himself in the other person’s place,...”可知，作者认为，好朋友应该互相理解，能设身处地为他人考虑，故选C。
4.I look for certain qualities of character, especially understanding, honesty and reliability(可靠).”和二、三、四段的首句可知，文章主要讲的是好朋友所具有的品质，故选A。
5.Above all else, I look for understanding in a friend. ... At the same time, however, a good friend is honest. ...Another quality of a friend is reliability. ...There is a fourth quality that makes a friend special.”可知，文章主要介绍了好朋友所具有的几项特质，作者没有着重介绍自己的好朋友，排除B、C；A项迷惑性较大，作者介绍的是自己选择朋友的标准，文章没有提到一些交朋友的普遍标准，排除A，故选D。
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Educating girls quite possibly harvests a higher rate of return than any other investment available in the developing world. Women’s education may be an unusual economical field, but increasing women’s contribution to development is actually as much an economic as a social issue. And economics, with its focus on encouragement, provides an explanation for why so many girls are rid of an education.
Parents in low-income countries fail to invest in their daughters because they do not expect them to make an economic contribution to the family: girls grow up only to marry into somebody else’s family and bear children. Girls are thus seen as less valuable than boys and are kept at home to do housework while their brothers are sent to school-the prophecy becomes self-fulfilling, trapping women in a vicious(恶性的) circle of neglect.
An educated mother, on the other hand, has greater earning abilities outside the home and faces an entirely different set of choices. She is likely to have fewer but healthier children and can insist on the development of all her children, ensuring that her daughters are given a fair chance. The education of her daughters then makes it much more likely that the next generation of girls, as well as of boys, will be educated and healthy. The vicious circle is thus transformed into a virtuous circle.
Few will argue that educating women has great social benefits. But it has enormous economic advantages as well. Most obviously, there is the direct effect of education on the wages of female workers. Wages rise by 10 to 20 per cent for each additional year of schooling. Such big returns are impressive by the standard of other available investments, but they are just the beginning. Educating women also has a significant effect on health practices, including family planning.
Topic: The significance of female 1. in developing countries
Viewpoint | Educating girls is more 2. and worthy of being invested. | |
Families | From low-income families | From educated mothers’ families |
Attitudes | Girls are of 3. importance than boys. | Development should be for all the 4. . |
Practices | There is little 5. in daughters, while boys are sent to school. Girls are made to stay at home, 6. housework. | It is insisted that girls and boys be offered chances to be 7. equally. |
Consequences | A vicious circle | A virtuous circle |
Significance | Educating women contributes to social 8. , has economic advantages and 9. health practices significantly, including family planning. | |
10. | Educating girls in developing countries is important and rewarding. | |